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A Potentially Powerful Treatment for Refractory Depression
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression since 2008.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy for Depression
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a therapeutic approach to depression that uses magnetic devices to stimulate nerves in regions of the brain...
Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS), a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment, has been approved by the FDA for treatment-resistant depression.
Magnetic Pulses to the Brain Could Help Treat Depression
A practice set up to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which involves bursts of magnetic energy being sent into the scalp, has opened in ...
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Anxiety in Depression
Commonly used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols, including left‐sided high‐frequency, right‐sided low-frequency, and sequential ...
An Underused Option For Severe Depression
The investigators reported that ECT, rTMS, and tDCS were all more effective than sham therapy, but that more established techniques, specifically ...
Breakthrough in Depression Treatment
TMS uses magnetic pulses to stimulate areas of the brain affected by mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD and addiction.
Researchers Discover Novel Brain Mechanism Connecting Depression with Bad Sleep
It is also suggested that while transcranial magnetic stimulation is a growing area of research as a novel depression treatment, targeting the lateral orbitofrontal cortex with this technique could be a beneficial future treatment.